William h



(No Model.)

W. H. SMIDT.

SHOE LAGING HOOK.

Patented Oct. 15, 1889.

"w, r/JM/ UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

WILLIAM H. SMIDT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHOE-LAClNG HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,099, dated October15, 1889.

Application filed June 15, 1889. Serial No. 314,356. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. SMIDT, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Lacing Hooks,and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inshoe-hooks for lacing purposes, and has for its object to afford asubstantial covering for said hooks which shall be readily applied, andwhich cannot become worn so as to expose the metal from which the hooksare made.

l/Vith these ends in view my invention consists in certain details ofconstruction and combination of elements, such as will be hereinafterfully set forth, and then specifically designated by the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hookmade in accordance with my improvement; Fig. 2, a sectional elevation ofthe same; Fig. 3, a plan view of the hook before the covering isapplied, and Figs. 4: and 5 are plans of modified forms of hooks such asmay be covered in accordance with my invention.

Similar letters denote like parts in the sev eral figures.

A is the hook, of the usual construction, with the exception that thehead is perforated, as seen at a.

B is a jacket of pyroxyline or other suitable material, which is appliedto said head above and below and then shaped and united to said head bycompression. The upper and lower parts of the jacket are united to eachother through the perforation a, as seen at Fig. 2, so that it will bereadily understood that said jacket is securely fastened to the head ofthe hook after the manner of a rivet. Notches I], cut in the peripheryof the head, as shown at Fig. 4, will answer the purpose of theperforation d; or said head may be perforated in.

several places, as shown at c in Fig. 5. The shank of the hook iscovered by a continua tion of the jacket, as clearly shown at Figs. 1,

and 2.

I claim- A lacing-hook provided with a perforated head, and an externaljacket of pyroxyline material applied to said head above and below andextending through the perforation, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM H. SMIDT.

Witnesses AROHIBALD C. WEEKS, GEORGE KYTE.

